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Sky MILITARY

MILITARY AUDIT UPDATED 2026-08-29
Military Score 0.00 /10 C Sky - BDS-1000 441
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Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Sky is assessed here as Sky Group, comprising Sky Limited and subsidiaries including Sky UK Limited; Sky Limited’s 2022 accounts identify Comcast Corporation as the ultimate parent 1, 2. Sky UK Limited is an active UK company whose registered activities are television programme production, telecommunications, and business-support services 3.

No public evidence identified of a contract, tender award, framework agreement, or memorandum between Sky UK, Sky Group, or Comcast and the Israeli Ministry of Defense, IDF, Israel Prison Service, Border Police, or another Israeli security body 3, 4, 5.

The reviewed OHCHR settlement-business database and UN Special Rapporteur material do not establish Sky as an Israeli defence-procurement supplier 4, 5.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Sky UK’s registered corporate activities do not describe defence, tactical, ruggedised, or military-specified products 3.

Sky took a shareholder stake in Synamedia in January 2019, whose described offerings included pay-TV software, content-access control, digital-rights management, and anti-piracy tools 6, 7. The reviewed 2019 sources do not identify an Israeli military or security end user, tactical variant, or military-specific Synamedia product 6, 7.

No public evidence identified of Sky marketing tactical, ruggedised, military-specified, or defence-grade products to Israeli security end users 3, 6, 7.

No public evidence identified of an export licence, end-user certificate, or export-control decision concerning Sky products for Israeli defence or security end users 3, 5, 6, 7.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

No public evidence identified of Sky equipment, vehicles, machinery, construction services, or infrastructure work in Israeli settlements, the separation barrier, military installations, checkpoints, detention sites, or elsewhere in the occupied territories 4, 5.

The reviewed OHCHR settlement-business database does not provide a Sky listing establishing settlement-related activity 5.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

No public evidence identified of Sky, Sky Group, or Comcast supplying components, sub-systems, manufacturing services, co-production, or technology transfer to Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael, IMI/Elbit Land, or another identified Israeli defence prime 3, 4.

Comcast announced a commercial deployment of Israel-headquartered DriveNets’ Network Cloud in March 2025 in the context of Comcast’s U.S. Xfinity and Comcast Business network operations 8. The announcement lists Sky among Comcast brands but does not state that Sky uses the technology or that the arrangement involves an Israeli defence end user 8.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Sky UK’s Armed Forces Covenant commitment states that it will make Sky content available at UK military bases worldwide and waive specified customer charges for UK armed-forces personnel posted overseas 9. The Covenant entry does not identify an Israeli installation, IMOD or IDF customer, procurement award, military-cargo service, or occupied-territory location 9.

No public evidence identified of Sky providing transport, fuel, catering, maintenance, telecommunications, freight forwarding, port handling, or other sustainment services specifically to Israeli military, prison, or security facilities 9.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

No public evidence identified of Sky, Sky Group, or Comcast manufacturing, integrating, maintaining, or supplying lethal platforms, munitions, strategic weapons systems, critical weapons sub-systems, or kinetic targeting and fire-control systems for Israeli forces 3, 4.

Sky’s publicly registered activities concern media, telecommunications, and business-support services rather than weapons production 3.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

No public evidence identified of public export-licence grants, refusals, suspensions, sanctions enforcement, arms-embargo investigations, litigation, judicial proceedings, or regulatory findings concerning a Sky defence-supply relationship with Israel 3, 5.

A search-interface lead referring to “SKY UK LIMITED” was not supported by a retrieved underlying government licence record, controlled-goods category, licence date, licence type, or end user, and is therefore not treated as evidence of an export to Israel 3.

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

Sky UK Limited’s active person with significant control is Sky Limited, which holds more than 75% of shares and voting rights and may appoint or remove directors 10.

A Who Profits investigation concerns Top Sky Line Engineering Systems, an Israeli company owned or managed by Yaakov Winter and Avraham Farzon, rather than Sky UK Limited, Sky Limited, or Comcast 11. The report’s security, police, East Jerusalem, and Modi’in Illit-related claims therefore cannot be attributed to Sky Group 11.

The reviewed UN Special Rapporteur report contains a “Sky Rider Unit” reference to an IDF unit rather than a reference to Sky the company 4. The reviewed OHCHR settlement-business database does not establish a Sky listing, and the document-scoped screening does not establish absence from all other records or database editions 5.

No public evidence identified of a boycott, divestment, exclusion, or NGO campaign directed at Sky specifically for defence-sector activity involving Israel 4, 5, 11.

Footnotes

  1. https://static.skyassets.com/contentstack/assets/bltdc2476c7b6b194dd/blt39641d31df2e9bd9/648c2be648e15a11ee46b164/SKY_LIMITED_-_Signed.pdf ↩

  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1166691/000162828026004994/cmcsa-20251231.htm ↩

  3. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02906991 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8 ↩9 ↩10

  4. https://docs.un.org/en/A/HRC/59/23 ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  5. https://www.ohchr.org/en/business/bhr-database ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7 ↩8

  6. https://www.forbes.com/sites/annatobin/2019/01/11/why-synamedia-is-excited-to-welcome-new-shareholder-sky/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  7. https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/synamedia-sees-pay-tv-driving-growth-for-three-four-years-before-ipo-idUSKCN1UP0RN/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  8. https://drivenets.com/news-and-events/press-release/comcast-using-drivenets-network-cloud-nationwide/ ↩ ↩2

  9. https://www.gov.uk/armed-forces-covenant-businesses/sky-uk-ltd ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  10. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02906991/persons-with-significant-control ↩

  11. https://www.whoprofits.org/publications/report/156 ↩ ↩2 ↩3